Love you ladies! One day I'll put up my whole BG, but I'm not willing to show how spineless I've been in the past... not yet. For now, I have a pretty specific issue to tackle.
DS is 3 months old. Far away from naming the grandparents. My family is good with whatever I decide to call them, but I really just prefer grandma ___ or grandpa ___. The ILs haven't asked and I haven't addressed it with them yet.
FIL seems to really be pushing pawpaw and mawmaw for himself and MIL. I HATE BOTH OF THESE. Besides the fact that I simply don't like how they sound, I have a papa. He helped raise me and I don't need anyone else using that name. For me and my son, it is his name and always will be. As for mawmaw, I can see his first calls of "mama" being greeted with AW! He's CALLING FOR GRANDMA! blargh.
So, my question: Do I just enforce the names with my son and let him correct them later on or so I need to shut it downn now? I have no problem correcting FIL next time he says it... "No FIL, we're going with Grandpa FIL and Grandma MIL unless DS comes up with something on his own." BUT I'd rather just teach DS the names to call them and have him correct them himself when the time comes.
Thoughts? Feelings? Suggestions?
Oh! Quick shout out to my DH. I told him last night that I was uncomfortable with how much his family held DS. Today, when they arrived at our house, DH was holding DS. When FIL asked for DS, DH said, "No, He's going to hang out with his mom." It was a small victory, but it meant that world to me to know he was on my side with that.